SSH Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SSH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SSH over the 6 months to 15 September 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

SSH is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills

10,543

12,490

12,419

As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England

13.08%

13.40%

13.72%

Number of daily rates quoted

6,484

7,612

7,542

England median daily rate

£425

£425

£410

Median daily rate % change year-on-year

-

+3.66%

+2.50%

10th Percentile

£200

£200

£205

90th Percentile

£610

£613

£588

UK median daily rate

£425

£425

£400

% change year-on-year

-

+6.25%

-

Number of hourly rates quoted

516

651

683

England median hourly rate

£25.12

£20.00

£18.26

Median hourly rate % change year-on-year

+25.60%

+9.53%

-25.47%

10th Percentile

£12.50

£12.30

£10.97

90th Percentile

£53.75

£48.75

£48.75

UK median hourly rate

£25.50

£20.00

£19.00

% change year-on-year

+27.50%

+5.26%

-24.00%

SSHJob Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SSH as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.

SSHContractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SSH in England.

SSHContractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SSH in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2019.

SSHContractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSH in England.

SSHContract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSH within the England region over the 6 months to 15 September 2019. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

SSHTop 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 15 September 2019, IT contractor jobs citing SSH also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for SSH.

SSHCo-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: